New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
Dakota TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Hon. Hugh Campbell spoke at Wa
tertown on division and statehood.
John Hennessy, of Grand Forks,
dropped dead from heart disease.
Patents issued: Dakota: z. A. fraser,
Mitchell, track cleaner; G. NJ. Powell,
Geneva, harrow; E. B. Warren,
plankinton, car brake.
DR. w. G. Glenn, methodist preach.
er of Hutchinson county, is in
Jail charged with incest with his two
daughters. "
New Dakota pensions: J. Phare,
Wilmot; R. Herbesen, Pierre; G. w.
Weeks, Altamont; D. A. Grant, Star
key; Phetteplace, Howard; R. Clark,
Mitchell. Montana: q. Pott, Maiden;
W. H. H. Handley. Bozeman.
A letter from Dr.. Conkey, president
OF the Duluth, Huron & Denver rail-
road, says 1t has not been sold to the
Minneapolis & Pacific, aud there is no
probability of it's being.
The Redfield military company is
contemplating a trip to Chicago to
attend the encampment next month.
The clothing firm of Fosdick & Telli-
son at Mitchell, which assigned recent
ly, reopened business, having made a
satisfactory settlement.
B. A. Stafford, arrested on a change
OF adultry, was discharged by Justice
Bowman OF Ashton, the evidence be-
ing deemed insufficient to support the
charges.
At Mandon, the houses occupied by
Fred Wigginton and John Borgstrom
were burned. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, $1,000.
A Pemblna dispatch to the Fargo
Argus says that Col. Webb has received
adispatch from Adjt. Gen. Tyner that
he has not been dismissed, and he
could resign if he desired to do so.
Col. Brown is understood to have re-
ceived similar dispatch.
"Bony" Dewing was arrested at
Mitchell on advices from the sheriff of
Adams county, Wis, who wants him
for burglary committed there in March.
Dewing was captured by the sheriff OF
Moody county last spring, but broke
Jail.
A farmer at Mitchell named Hazen,
living four miles north, saw a neigh
bor's boy near his melon patch and
fired a charge OF shot into the boys
leg. Hazen is in jail.
A singular sequel to an elopement
comes from Frankfort near Redfeld.
Frank Reeser wooed Mary Valdez.
Her father objected and Frank plann-
ed an elopement. He got the girl out
the back way and then went back aft
er some of her effects The old gentle
man heard of it and arrested Frank
or burglary.
Attorney General Templeton an
nounced that Gov. Church has de-
clded it is not safe to organize the.
proposed counties of Pierce and
Church as the legislature failed to at
tach them to any judicial subdivi-
sion, and the territory from which
they are created is now in two judici-
al Subdivisions. The law of 1885
makes it necessary that the clerk of
court of the judicial subdivision
to which it is attached shall be noti-
fled OF the election and the votes are
to be canvassed by the officers OF the
county in said subdivision. There
being two of these cases, the gov
ernor has decided to ask congress to
give the district judge authority to
designate one of the subdivision as
the correct one. This will defer the
organization for year at least.
When Judge Campbell closed his ad-
dress at Huron, q resolution, offered
by Augustine Davis, was unanimous
ly adopted, there being at least 500
persons in the hail. Resolved. That
we, the citizens Of Beadle county, ear.
nestly favor a division OF the terrific
ry on the seventh standard parallel.
First, because small states have
small taxes and large states large tax
es; second, because the smaller the
state the more responsible the govern
ment to the people; third, because one
state means perpetual evil domination
" VIZ A>oAtiClA dClllC, 1OuEGl, De-
cause two states mean larger and
greater power in congress.
Mayor Mentzer of Mitchell, received
an autograph letter from President
Cleveland in reply to an invitation
by the city council to visit the terri
torial fair. In closing the president
says: This pleasure must defer to
some future date; but in the mean
while beg to assure your people of
my appreciation of their courteous
attention and regard"
Yankton Special: 1t may be stat
ed with positiveness that there is no
truth in the sensation teIegraphed
hence that the asylum trustees would
go on and build the wings to the asy-
lum in defiance of Gov. Church and